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of things that are rarely mentioned in classroom history books. Most history books portray the Union troops as kind, benevolent so...

restore statehood after the Civil War. James McPhersons "Ordeal By Fire: The Civil War and Reconstruction", however, is particula...

Charles came to the throne already at a disadvantage. For one thing, he was involved in a marriage with a French princess, which h...

did not engage in combat (Matlof Multimedia U.S. History). However, these statistics are deceiving because most of the northern r...

kill. They are trained to do this in order to eliminate their own risk of death. The use of deadly force is justified because offi...

color of their skin. One such person was Prudence Crandall, a Quaker woman, who opened a school for black girls. There was such a ...

South possessed a code of honor that would see it through, the honor and commitment in the face of which no Yankee could stand. Ro...

However, there were certain characteristics which applied to each side of this war, and the advantages of each were indeed impress...

offer, and also because they used better wartime strategies and had stellar leadership. The Civil War began in 1860 at a time whe...

boil over, and no attempts to quell this surging rage would have proven effective at averting what was to inevitably follow. ...

was taken prisoner three times, and escaped three times. He was grazed or hit by Yankee bullets on numerous occasions, and once, h...

also making it unique in history. Although names such as "War Between the States" and "War of Rebellion" are more accurate (Civil ...

sub-human and not capable of sharing the same type of human fears and emotions as true human beings. The assurance of inferiority ...

a Northern state that had Southern sympathies during the war ("Jersey," 1994). He describes the border state status as the product...

was overthrown by the election of Abraham Lincoln, aristocrats in the South refused to accept the public will (1999). Southerners...

Dean Story, was far more interested in film as an expansive theatrical art, represented by the Hollywood blockbuster features (ONe...

out buildings and heavy damages to their property. These people, who had formerly just grown food crops, began to attempt to grow...

chose to split the Confederate army into two groups, nonetheless. "Lee left 10,000 men under Jubal Early, while he and Thomas Ston...

would support the opposite, namely, a "slow, feeble, disorganized attack" (Hughes, 2002). He also explains this strategy based on ...

Carolina, Tennessee, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Louisiana, Texas and Virginia decided that they would succeed from the union and...

be fired (Crossby, 2002). Upon a discovery that the Scots had been making plans with the French he again decided attack wit...

the Revolutionary United Front-best known for cutting off the limbs of civilians who oppose it-fund themselves primarily through d...

to believe that he was the cause of the war (Caesar, 2007). He went so far as to offer to disband his army, provided Pompey did ...

lived simply, many people were middle class as well. In the South the focus was on plantations, farming, and the people were essen...

were now equal, they put into place a system of support that would forever keep many African Americans in a position of submission...

based on the regiments history, was a success and may indicate more greater in future. The student is facing a significant amount ...

assistance from the government. Another problem involving the land was the fact that aristocrats were buying up large tracts and ...

hold up to the demand. Each time the demand grew so did the number of black farmers who toiled the land. Cotton was not the only...

unusual. The Spanish Civil War quickly became infiltrated by foreign intervention on both sides, and indeed has been likened to a ...

of the intelligensia of the period to realize that the revolution would, by definition, evolve from the most non-urbanized corners...